Well...not really. Our perception of race is a made-up concept, but persons of African descent are still prone to sickle-cell anemia, and Asians are more likely to be lactose intolerant.

In the same way, while the new father may consider himself male, and be legally male, and treated as male, he is still capable of passing genetic defects down to his offspring on his X chromesome, like haemophilia or muscular dystrophy. This is because genetically, he is still female.

I am completely supportive of folks who want to change their apparent gender, but let's stop this "miracle baby" crap. If my pre-op MTF cousin R. came running up, and said "I'm a woman now, but I can still write my name in the snow! It's a MIRACLE!" I would gently tell her that is not a miracle, it is a penis. She can still write her name in the snow because she has not had her penis removed yet.

In the same way, this is not a miracle. That is a uterus; it is for producing babies. A miracle would be someone WITHOUT a uterus producing a baby.

I think the kid will be fine, the only danger I can see is that the parents are such publicity hogs that the kid may grow to hate the limelight. Kids are resilient, they usually end up fine.

Although I do agree with the OP about adoption.

Freki